Course overview
Our LPC offers you the best possible preparation to practise law with the skills to succeed in business. Improve your career prospects by learning the essential professional skills that legal employers are looking for. In small group workshops, you’ll be taught by qualified lawyers with extensive practice experience. You’ll also benefit from online learning resources and personal feedback from our tutors.
With a clear focus on your future employability, we are more confident than ever in your success and offer our LPC Employment Promise. Get a job in nine months, or we’ll give you 100% of your fees back: 50% of your fees as cashback plus 50% of your fees as credit towards any further courses.
Campus locations
Study method
- Blended
- In-class
- Online
Locations
- England
- Birmingham
- London
- Bloomsbury
- Bristol
- Exeter
- Guildford
- Leeds
- Manchester
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Sheffield
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Duration study load
22 Months
Entry requirements
To be eligible to take up your place on our LPC, you must comply with the requirements for commencing a Legal Practice Course (LPC) set out by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) – see below. Failure to comply with these eligibility requirements means that the University will have no option but to cancel your place on the course.
If you are a non-EEA student you will also require a visa covering the full duration of your course – see Visa requirements below.
University of Law LPC selection criteria
- Academic profile and achievement, generally a minimum of an actual or predicted second class honours law degree or GDL/CPE/MA Law*
- A sufficient command of the English language to successfully complete the course – see English language requirements below
- Any special circumstances revealed in your application
- Academic or other references
*This requirement is met by either:
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- The award of a Qualifying Law Degree
- Passing a Common Professional Examination (CPE)/Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)/MA Law and being awarded a Graduate Diploma in Law, MA Law, or similar such as CILEX
You must fulfil all eligibility requirements by the start of the course
If you have completed a degree outside the UK and you do not come from a ‘majority English speaking country’, please provide a certified copy of one of the approved English Language Tests.
Assessment
Duration: 22 months (2 three day and 24 two day study weekends)
Compulsory Induction: 3 days (Friday – Sunday)
Study hours (including private study): 22.5 per week
Modules per semester: 2
Contact hours per week: 4 or 5 two-hour workshops each study weekend
Frequency of contact time: 1 weekend every 2 or 3 weeks
Private study required: Up to 10 hrs of private study for each workshop
Assessment points: On weekdays
Assessment for Master’s students: You will finish 4 weeks later than students only studying the core LPC
Subjects
Year one covers most of the Introduction to Professional Practice module, Business Law and Practice knowledge and skills and one elective.
Year two comprises:
- Real Estate Knowledge and Skills
- Dispute Resolution Knowledge and Skills
- And two electives
In each year the Stage one core practice areas are studied and assessed from September to March, and Stage two electives are studied and assessed from March to June.
About The University of Law
The University of Law can trace its heritage back to 1876, with the formation of leading tutorial firm Gibson & Weldon. As the UK's longest-established specialist legal education provider, we've trained more practising lawyers in England and Wales than anyone else
The University has committed itself to ensure that students only ever learn in a realistic, professional, and contemporary context, with the support of tutors, over 90% of whom who are qualified solicitors, barristers, and judges, all with extensive practical experience. With a rich legacy and a reputation for innovative teaching practices, the University of Law retains a firm focus on developing the very best legal minds.
